With the beautiful red pointe shoe of On Thin Ice, cover artist Ann-Marie Brown offers this issue's poignant opening act. Just as a dancer en pointe appears weightless, suspended in a moment of grace, so too do our authors, balancing the weight of beauty and sorrow. Blood and booze set the stage in 'Wrap Party' as featured author AM Dellamonica takes us behind the scenes of community theatre. It's turtles...